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Charlie Parker

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Biography
Charles Parker, Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Parker, with Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington, is largely considered one of the most influential of jazz musicians. Parker acquired the nickname "Yardbird" early in his career, and the shortened form "Bird" remained Parker's sobriquet for the rest of his life, inspiring the titles of a number of Parker compositions, such as "Yardbird Suite", "Ornithology" and "Bird of Paradise. " Parker played a leading role in the development of bebop, a form of jazz characterized by fast tempos, virtuosic technique, and improvisation based on harmonic structure. Parker's innovative approaches to melody, rhythm, and harmony exercised enormous influence on his contemporaries. Several of Parker's songs have become standards, including "Billie's Bounce", "Anthropology", "Ornithology", and "Confirmation". He introduced revolutionary harmonic ideas including a tonal vocabulary employing 9ths, 11ths and 13ths of chords, rapidly implied passing chords, and new variants of altered chords and chord substitutions. His tone was clean and penetrating, but sweet and plaintive on ballads. Although many Parker recordings demonstrate dazzling virtuosic technique and complex melodic lines – such as "Ko-Ko", "Kim", and "Leap Frog" – he was also one of the great blues players. His themeless blues improvisation "Parker's Mood" represents one of the most deeply affecting recordings in jazz. At various times, Parker fused jazz with other musical styles, from classical to Latin music, blazing paths followed later by others. Parker was an icon for the hipster subculture and later the Beat generation, personifying the conception of the jazz musician as an uncompromising artist and intellectual, rather than just a popular entertainer. His style – from a rhythmic, harmonic and soloing perspective – influenced countless peers on every instrument.
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Discography
- The Jazz Biography
- Summit Meeting at Birdland
- Jazz Greats No.11: Out of Nowhere 1886
- The Genius of Charlie Parker, Volume 7: Jazz Perennial 1957
- The Genius of Charlie Parker, Volume 3: Now's the Time 1988
- Now's the Time 1989
- The Immortal Charlie Parker 1991
- The Cole Porter Songbook 1991
- Chasin' The Bird 1993
- An Evening at Home With the Bird 1994
- Midnite Jazz & Blues: The Birds 2000
- A Studio Chronicle, 1940 - 1948 (disc 2: 1941 - 1945) 2003-09-23
- A Studio Chronicle, 1940 - 1948 (disc 1: 1940 - 1941) 2003-09-23
- A Studio Chronicle, 1940 - 1948 (disc 5: 1947 - 1948) 2003-09-23
- A Studio Chronicle, 1940 - 1948 (disc 4: 1947) 2003-09-23
- A Studio Chronicle, 1940 - 1948 (disc 3: 1945 - 1947) 2003-09-23
- Jazz Ballads 16 (disc 2) 2004
- Jazz Ballads 16 (disc 1) 2004
- The Rise and Fall of Charlie Parker (disc 1) 2007-04-17
- Bird's Nest (disc 1) 2009
- Bird's Nest (disc 2) 2009
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Recently Played on ABC Jazz.
| Song | Klact-Oveeseds-Tene |
| Artist | Charlie Parker |
| Album | The Legendary Dial Masters, Vol. 1 |
| Label | Stash Records |
| Year | 1947 |
| Song | My Melancholy Baby |
| Artist | Charlie Parker |
| Album | The Complete Verve Master Takes |
| Label | Verve Music Group/UMG |
| Year | 1950 |
Media
- YouTube Charlie Parker Dizzy Gillespie 4:21
- YouTube Charlie Parker and Coleman Hawkins Lester Young et al 1950 1 of 2 5:16
- YouTube Charlie Parker Sessions 1:59
- YouTube Charlie Parker My old flame 3:15
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Links
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On the ABC
- DIG Internet Radio - News - Charlie Parker's Horn: $304,000
- Radio National Breakfast - 11 January 2002 - Charlie Parker ...
- Radio National Breakfast - 21 February 2005 - Sax Great ...
- Radio National Breakfast - 11/01/2002: Charlie Parker Tribute
- The Planet - 30 October 2001 - Roy Haynes/ Paul Bley
- Roy Haynes/ Paul Bley - The Planet - 30/10/2001
- Hot House - DVD - ABC Shop
- ABC Radio National: Breakfast - 21/02/2005
- Radio National - The Planet - Playlist - 30 November 1995
- The 7.30 Report - ABC
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bird is my IDEAL evening soundtrack
SUBLIME.............................
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